| Summary: | Introduction. The Covid-19 outbreak has changed orthopedic practices more than expected. We are going through a period in which conservative treatment will become prominent when deciding on fractures with indistinct surgical margins in guidelines. Considering global tendency for surgical interventions in the pre-pandemic period, we tried to find out the answer to the following question: will conservative treatment be the shining star in the post pandemic period? Materials and Methods. 262 patients who were with “gray zone fractures-injuries” like extraarticular distal radius fracture, proximal humerus fracture and Weber type B ankle fracture was treated conservatively during March and August, 2020. Open or pathological fracture, fractures with vascular or neurological injury and fractures involving the articular joint were excluded. Results. 59 patients with proximal humerus fracture followed with arm-sling. Mean ASES scores at 6th was 48.3 and 69.9 12th week. 91 patients with Weber B-type ankle fracture were followed up with below-knee plaster for 6 weeks. American Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Score was 48 in the 6th week and 75 in the 12th week. 90 patients with distal radius fracture were followed up with plaster. Malunion was detected at 5 patients. Mean Quick Dash score at 6th weeks was 52.3 and 29.5 at 12th weeks. Mean wrist flexion was 450, wrist extension was 350, forearm supination 600 and forearm pronation was 700 at final control. Conclusions. The conservative treatment experiences we have gained from pandemic periods probably will change our treatment algorithm.
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